US Patent Issued to Harbor Freight Tools USA on April 7 for "Saddle and removable extension for a floor jack with storage assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,162, issued on April 7, was assigned to Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc. (Calabasas, Calif.).

"Saddle and removable extension for a floor jack with storage assembly" was invented by Andrew Francis McGraw (Newbury Park, Calif.) and Casper Wypych (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A saddle and removable extension for a floor jack having a storage assembly is disclosed. A saddle and extension assembly of the floor jack includes a jack saddle fastened to a mounting bracket of a lifting arm and an extension having a flange and an extension saddle. To withstand off-center loading conditions when the floor jack is in an upper ex...